Coal-wagon



(No Model.)

GOALK WAGON.

m mm 1. W m 3 M J m 2 ,A

two of which are shown atF F.

HENRY P. 'AYMAN, OF TRFNTON, NEIV JERSEY.

COAL=WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,806, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed December 4, 1886. Serial No. 220,734:- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY P. TAYMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coalagons, of which the following is a specification.

Ileretofore coal wagons and carts constructed for the purpose of dumping coal into the cellar, either by the rear end of the wagon being depressed or the front end being elevated, or the whole body of the wagon with its lead of coal elevated by means of appropriate mechanism, have been so constructed as to present the rear end, in which is situated or to which is attached the chute delivering the coal into the cellar, to the sidewalk. To thus place the rear end of such wagon or cart in position for delivering the coal through the chute it is necessary to turn the wagon partly around and then back the team untilthe hind wheels of the wagon rest against the curb. If the street be unpaved or roughly paved, or if the load be heavy and the team be light, this becomes a very difiieult matter to do.

The object of my invention is to avoid this dilliculty, and to provide a wagon which can be driven alongside the curb, and then without any backing of the team the rear end of the wagon containing the chute for delivering the coal be brought round over the sidewalk and opposite and facing the point to which the coal is to be delivered. To effect this, I employ the mechanism shown in the accompanyin g drawings.

In the drawings similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

Figure 1 shows a drawing in perspective of my mechanism. Fig. 2 is a top View of the bed-frame.

In Fig. l, A is the bed-frame of the wagon, supported on the bolsters I3 13. C is the body of the wagon. This is shown in a tilted position. To the bed-frame A, I attach a platform, 1). Upon this platform, and pivoted to it so that it will readily turn upon its center, is the circular platform E. Underneath this platform and axled to it are bearing-wheels, These wheels bear upon the platform D and serve to relieve the circular platform E of the strain upon its pivot. This pivot is shown at E. To this circular platform are attached strap-hinges G G. In the drawings these are shown screwed to strips or battens upon the circular platform E. I preferably employ these strips for strength and firmness; but they can be omitted. These hinges G G are fastened firmly to the bottom of the body 0.

It will readily be seen that when the body 0 is in place, resting upon the bed-frame A, it can readily be turned around so as to be at right angles with the bed-frame. To make such turning easier, I have placed small friction-wheels A A A A in the bed-frame, upon which the body bears. The body being thus turned upon the pivot E, the circular platform, being hinged firmly to it, necessarily turns with it. hen the body, is thus turned, the crank II is then turned. To the axis of this crank is fixed a gear-wheel, II". This gear-wheel meshes into teeth in a hoisting-bar, I. This bar, resting at its upper end against the bottom of the body, as the crank is turned, is forced upward, carrying the body C with it. The hinges G hold the body from slipping olf the bed-frame as it is raised. The crank is turned until the body is raised a sutlicient height to cause the coal to run out the rear end into the chute.

In Fig. 9 is shown a top view of the bedframe A, bolsters B, platform D, and circular platform E, with pivotE. There is also shown the gear-wheel Il and crank II upon each side of the bed-frame. In practice I so construct my wagons as to allow the coal to be dumped on either side.

To prevent the body in case the coalis precipitated too rapidly toward the rear end from tilting farther than it should, I attach the chain K by hooks K K to the body and the circular platform E. hen the body 0 is resting upon the bed-frame A, this chain folds itself up out of the way. Pivoted upon either side of the bed-frame A are the catches L L. These, being raised when the body is in position upon the bed-frame, keep it from turning. \Vhen it is desired to turn the body, the one toward which the body is to be turned is lowered, as shown in Fig. 1, and the other, remaining up, serves to stop the body from turning after it has reached a position at right angles to the bed-frame. The bottom of these catches bear against the stop L and this stop,

preventing the top of the catch from turning back toward the front end of the wagon, serves to effectually stop the turnin g of the body at the desired point.

To secure clearness in the drawings, the runninggears of the wagon are omitted, save a few parts indicated by dotted lines. I have spoken of the coal as passing out of a chute at the rear end of the Wagon. Such chute is not shown, and is no part of my invention. In fact, my wagon is admirably adapted to work without any chute in cases Where such chute is not convenient, as it will dump coal upon the sidewalk Wherever required without any turning or backing of the team.

What I claim is 1. The bed-frame A, provided with the plat form D, in combination with the circularplatform E, pivoted upon said platform D and provided with the bearing-wheels F and bearing the body 0, connected to said circular platform E by the hinges G, and the chain K, as shown and described.

2. The bed -frame A, provided with the catches L, having stops L, in combination with the body 0, pivoted thereto by in cans of the platforms D and E, pivot E, hinges G,

and provided with the chain K, substantially as shown and described.

3. The bed-frame A, provided with the catches L, having stops L, and also provided with the bearing-wheels A, in combination with the body C, pivoted to such bed-frame by means of the platforms D and E, pivot E, and hinges G, substantially as shown and described.

4E. The bed-frame A, provided with the catches L, having stops L, in combination with the body C, pivoted thereto, as shown and described, and the hoisting-bar I, gear-wheel H, and crank H, substantially as shown and described.

5. In combination, the bed-frame A, provided with bearing-Wheels A and the platform D, the circular platform E, having pivot E and bearing-wheels F, the body C, connected by hinges G to the platform E, the chain K, with hooks K, the hoisting-bar I, the gearwheel H, and the catches L, havings stops L, all substantially as shown and described.

HENRY I. NVAYMAN. \Vitnesses:

J. H. RoWELL, J. G. CANNON. 

